Director of Editorial, Axios Live

<p><strong>1 big thing:</strong> The Director of Editorial, Axios Live will oversee editorial content, event framing, and strategic list building for Axios Live programming, leading a small team to ensure Axios’ editorial standards, Smart Brevity style, and journalistic integrity are upheld across all public-facing materials, roundtable discussions, and editorial products, including recap articles. </p> <p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>As Axios Live expands across live convenings and executive roundtables, this role serves as the crucial editorial compass. You will be a high-caliber editorial leader and manager who applies sharp news judgment to shape timely event concepts, curate high-level editorial rooms, take an active role in real-time coverage of Axios’ biggest live event moments, and deliver post-event recaps that read as sharp journalism.</p> <p><strong>Go deeper: </strong>Axios Live events are among the most sought-after convenings in business, policy, and technology. Reporting to the Head of Editorial Live, the Editorial Director will ensure that our events portfolio reflects our editorial standards, diverse points of view, and help Axios stay at the forefront of news.</p> <p>In this role, you will:</p> <ul> <li>Oversee the drafting, editing, and approval of public-facing live event materials, including event concepts, registration pages, Axios webpages, social coverage, and post-event recap articles using Axios Smart Brevity.</li> <li>Oversee the curation and tiering of editorial participants for Axios Roundtables. Ensure tables feature balanced, expert perspectives across sectors while maintaining editorial control over seating charts and participant mix.</li> <li>Lead, coach, and manage a small, high-performing team of editorial writers and coordinators; set clear priorities, assign events, review deliverables, and foster a collaborative environment.</li> <li>Manage coverage assignments and collaboration with the newsroom around covering some of Axios Live’s biggest stages including our Summit and House products. </li> <li>Own day-of editorial coverage for assigned live events, serving as the primary liaison to reporters and the newsroom, coordinating quick-turn coverage, leading live social reporting, and writing post-event recaps.</li> <li>Work in close alignment with the Head of Editorial Live, newsroom SMEs/reporters, events operations, pre-sale, sales, and client leads to ensure seamless event execution and brand alignment.</li> <li>Manage real-time editorial flow during live events, brief moderators, ensure all event materials are easily/immediately accessible for breaking news moments, and resolve and be the lead voice of editorial judgement for live editorial issues on the ground.</li> <li>Guide the team in utilizing approved AI tools and custom GPTs to streamline initial research, concept brainstorming, and list discovery while rigorously enforcing accuracy and Smart Brevity standards.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Worthy of your time: </strong>Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, possess exceptional news judgment, and bring the following skills:</p> <ul> <li>6–8+ years of journalism, editorial editing, live-event content creation, or public policy/media experience, ideally within a fast-paced newsroom or live news setting.</li> <li>Proven people management experience, with a track record of coaching editorial team members and reviewing high-volume written deliverables under tight deadlines.</li> <li>Sharp editorial and news judgment, with a deep understanding of policy, business, and tech trends, alongside a strong command of Axios Smart Brevity.</li> <li>Demonstrated expertise in room curation and list strategy, with an